ADVERTISEMENT

I have no doubt that every one of us has seen something odd in our textbooks—a name, an illustration or a graph that looks just a bit too odd or completely bizarre for it to be in a textbook.

Of course, to us as kids that was comedy gold and we’d go around showing everyone this unique and hilarious discovery. But now… well, yeah, it’s still super funny, but now it also begs the question “what were they thinking!?”

Believe it or not, there’s an entire Facebook group dedicated to sharing with the world the most ridiculous, yet scientifically accurate and true, illustrations and diagrams that people find hard to believe that they managed to make it into a textbook.

Bored Panda has collected some of the best examples for you to enjoy below. And while you’re down there, why not vote and comment on the ones you’ve liked the most!

#1

Funny-Odd-Science-Diagrams

Javier Martínez‎ Report

Add photo comments
POST
glowworm2 avatar
glowworm2
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Do you want to build a snowman? It doesn't have to be a snowman."

View more commentsArrow down menu

The Facebook group in question is called Science diagrams that look like s**tposts and is dedicated to sharing proper science illustrations, figures, and graphs from textbooks and other publications whose editors obviously never bothered to check the end product before printing, thus ending in results that are reminiscent of s**tposting—internet slang for creating content of no value.

The group was created by an internaut named Luke who found these diagrams really funny, while admitting he has no idea why—it just was, and we all understand it, though can’t entirely explain it.

#5

Funny-Odd-Science-Diagrams

Tobin Hale Report

Add photo comments
POST
bantrobel avatar
La Petite Morte
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh dear.... ummm... seems like someone has a toddler and had a pet fish...

View more commentsArrow down menu

It has over 448,000 members as of this article and even has its own Twitter account with over 500,000 followers. There’s an influx of hundreds of posts each month with members constantly sharing some of the most ridiculous, yet accurate, depictions of all things science.

ADVERTISEMENT

Shared imagery often involves animals and the natural world, but it’s not just how they depict it, but also what they write. Besides disfigured animals and humans, illustrations that raise more questions than they actually answer, and crappy design in general, there’s also the occasional mislabeling (whether deliberate or not, nobody is truly sure) of illustrations that raise eyebrows at the very least.

ADVERTISEMENT
#9

Funny-Odd-Science-Diagrams

Asif Mohammed Report

More often than not, these diagrams are taken out of their academic and scientific contexts, making it raise even more eyebrows, though others, even within context, would still look odd making people think how is this scientific because of how they are visually depicted.

It is interesting to think that s**tposting is, in some shape or form, present in the actual scientific community, especially in physics. There is this metaphor of the spherical cow which is a highly simplified model of a complex real-life phenomenon where a problem is reduced to its simplest form so that brainy people could make the calculations more feasible, despite it being no longer applicable in reality. So, some scientists are used to this.

ADVERTISEMENT
#10

Funny-Odd-Science-Diagrams

Francisco Salgado Suarez‎ Report

Add photo comments
POST
delphinum4 avatar
Zophra
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

well this just became a dark family secret of where the dog came from

m-tracci avatar
i-am-sushi
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

*looks suspiciously at dog, then at brother and sister* "so... when did we adopt the dog again?"

merlin240371 avatar
Richard Brown
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

*Banjo plays* As ah wuz 'olding ma nephoo Fido and feeding him a milk bone...

moonlight_bunni avatar
Tiffany Marie
Community Member
3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe the siblings didn't get married or have kids.. Yet live together and share a dog as company? Like Anne of Green Gables.. But instead of adopting Anne they got a dog. The family tree then shows that blood line being cut off/ ended. Or they got a dog in the family as kids and both the kids end up dying in a car crash at a young age which also shows the blood line ending. Idk.. It's weird but could happen.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#11

Funny-Odd-Science-Diagrams

Josepha Philippa‎ Report

Add photo comments
POST
troux avatar
Troux
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"I confess! I burned the body and hid the skeleton in the police station!"

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu

For more hilarious scientific oddities presented in image form on the internet, you can check out the Facebook group or follow their Twitter. Or just keep scrolling! But before you go, let us know what you thought of this. Do you have any stories to share about your textbooks? Leave us a comment below!

#15

Funny-Odd-Science-Diagrams

Eva Murphy Report

Add photo comments
POST
sergiobicerra_1 avatar
Sergio Bicerra Descalzi
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like when influencers use photoshop to enlarge their butt, but the background gets a little bit of surgery too.

View more commentsArrow down menu
#16

Funny-Odd-Science-Diagrams

Clancy Xanecrest‎ Report

Add photo comments
POST
troux avatar
Troux
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This concept can really only be taught in a hands-on lab setting. Let's investigate with a large sample size. And several jams for variables.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
#18

Funny-Odd-Science-Diagrams

Pedro Waffle Fajardo Report

Add photo comments
POST
bantrobel avatar
La Petite Morte
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So.... angry about being happy, disgustingly happy, inconsolably happy, afraid of his own happiness, surprised that he's happy, and happy that he feels nothing.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#24

Funny-Odd-Science-Diagrams

Jade Watson Report

ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#29

Funny-Odd-Science-Diagrams

Mark Ordonio‎ Report

Add photo comments
POST
bantrobel avatar
La Petite Morte
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The little white baby becomes a small black child who grows into a dancing teen girl who matures into 1980's yuppie man. Women spring fully formed from the ether, merge with the 80's yuppie to form a small white baby. Got it.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#31

Funny-Odd-Science-Diagrams

Alexander Tamo‎ Report

Add photo comments
POST
muxian318 avatar
Darwinist
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let me explain the big chill is when all stars die and there is no more heat. The big crunch is when gravity collapses the universe into a black hole. Big rip is when the universe expands so much the fabric of spacetime unravels. Big snap is like big rip but the mini-dimesions unravel too and make a new universe. Death bubble are black holes that turn into strange matter holes that consume the whole universe.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#35

Funny-Odd-Science-Diagrams

Ann Taylor‎ Report

#37

Funny-Odd-Science-Diagrams

Ethan Smoller Report

Add photo comments
POST
bantrobel avatar
La Petite Morte
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You could literally say that about any mammal... and if you don't ignore the mouth and internal organs most mammals are doughnuts.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#40

Funny-Odd-Science-Diagrams

Dylan Vogel Report

Note: this post originally had 60 images. It’s been shortened to the top 40 images based on user votes.